Home Automation News
Keys? Who needs them! With a RFID lock, keys will be a thing of the past. You certainly won't have to worry about someone picking your lock because there is no keyhole. It also comes standard with a night mode that disables all external entry functions. From the article: With the PIN pad, you'll never lock yourself out ever again. […]
Read moreChris Lanier continues his series of Home Automation control with MCE. Today he talks a bit about setting up macros and posts his thoughts about what is missing from the product. It certainly sounds like a cheap and effective way to control your house from your chair. I am very interested in setting this up as well and will post […]
Read moreControlling your home with an IPTV/MPEG4 stream is something I have not heard of until I came across this story. The real kicker is that you are able to navigate the streaming interface with any TV and remote. THe multi-cast H.264 stream can be transmitted through out the house with Ethernet or existing phone wiring using HPNA 1.0 and 2.0. […]
Read moreChris Lanier has ventured beyond the PVR world and into the Home Automation end of things. He takes you a few of the options that are available and a quick overview of the advantages and disadvantages of each. In the end, he went with an INSTEON setup combined with the MCE software mcontrol. From the article: Next, you will want […]
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Wiring your home for a digital lifestyle can be somewhat of an ugly task and is often left to the pros. Automated Home has a story up about a house in England that was renovated and completely wired for HA duties. Nothing as extravagant as say a fully automated theater, but it is a very good look at whats involved […]
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Spotted at Engadget, Aurora has released a Dynamic Button Controller. It takes a Logitech Harmony approach to the its control and will dynamically change its button set depending on what button you pressed before. A quick example would be if you pressed DVD, play pause and all of those good buttons would show up. Below is a snapshot of the […]
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I once delved into DVD Lobby, only to escape a few weeks later scarred and bruised. I guess I was soft after my months of using Sage/BTV. I am sure setup for Cinemar's software has evolved into something much better and proof of this has to be their UMPC offering with HA and media control. From the article: I can't […]
Read moreHAI Makes Product Announcements at ISC; All Omni Family Controllers Now CP-01 Compliant, Wireless Glass Break Detector and Spanish OmniPro II Controller Now Shipping Home Automation, Inc. (HAI), a leading manufacturer of home control products since 1985, continued its commitment to the security industry by making several major product announcements at the ISC show opening today in New York. Among […]
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A picture says a thousand words, which means you spared this time around. I think this screenshot says it all. It's this type of software that will bring the digital home closer to the masses. From the article: This new program, which can interface with many home automation peripherals, generic serial devices and parallel input / output boards, […]
Read moreYou know you are a Home Automation junkie when you go out an buy a X-10 based alarm clock. The idea is pretty intriguing; being able to program other devices upon your wake up or other events during the day. From the article: What makes the timer pretty powerful though is the ability to program up to 64 events that […]
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